When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (3-9-21), it took another step toward selling the former Sitka Community Hospital building. Instead of holding a public vote on the sale, the assembly will host two hearings, allowing Sitkans to weigh in later this month.
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Sitka’s coronavirus alert level remains at “low,” according to the city’s COVID dashboard. Between March 1 and March 7, three new cases of the virus were reported in Sitka, though one of the cases is over three months old.
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Police are investigating a hit-and-run that culminated in a fatality this morning. A 20-year-old man riding a bicycle on Halibut Point Road was killed in the collision.
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The draft of the city’s budget for next year is finally out, but a lot could change between now and when the budget is finalized later this spring. And this week, the Assembly was thrown another budget curveball, with a miscommunication over school funding.
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The Sitka School District has locked its new superintendent into a three-year contract. In late February, the Sitka School Board met with Frank Hauser to negotiate behind closed doors. According to a district press release, they finalized the contract with a $140,000 starting salary.
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After extensive discussions on school funding, the Sitka Assembly has voted to fund the Sitka School District to the cap next fiscal year, increasing the city’s contribution to schools by just under $400,000.
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The city’s COVID dashboard was recently updated on Friday, Feb. 26, to reflect the casualty, Sitka’s first since the pandemic began last spring.
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In a state that’s doing well with vaccinations, the community of Sitka is doing very well: More than half of the eligible population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, and that now includes teenagers 16 and over -- making Sitka one of the first places in the nation where this has been possible.
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The Sitka Assembly has called on the federal government to waive a law that could prevent big cruise ships from docking in Alaska this summer.
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When the Sitka Assembly met last week (Thursday), they heard a presentation from city staff on the state of each enterprise fund: electric, water, wastewater, solid waste and harbors.
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